This is actually really creative and clever! In fact it's the first project of it's kind that I've ever heard of!
Basically it's a library that runs a web server that serves a page which displays the contents of your source files in an editable text field, and saves/loads them by reading/writing directly to disk. This also means it should be much easier to implement the advanced IDE features of CIDER, since you don't need a plugin system and have full access both to the raw source code files and the project's very own JVM (which the IDE shares). Neat!
Although, I once again have to completely disagree with Oakes' choice of buttons in the toolbar (just like in Nightcode): I don't know any programmers who don't know the shortcuts for Save, Undo, and Redo by heart.
Basically it's a library that runs a web server that serves a page which displays the contents of your source files in an editable text field, and saves/loads them by reading/writing directly to disk. This also means it should be much easier to implement the advanced IDE features of CIDER, since you don't need a plugin system and have full access both to the raw source code files and the project's very own JVM (which the IDE shares). Neat!
Although, I once again have to completely disagree with Oakes' choice of buttons in the toolbar (just like in Nightcode): I don't know any programmers who don't know the shortcuts for Save, Undo, and Redo by heart.